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AHEAD

5 letters - 9 clues in this collection

AHEAD is a 5-letter crossword answer with 9 clues in this collection. Across those clues it has 620 usages in the xd corpus, most recently in 2026. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.

The answer

AHEAD

AHEAD

5Letters
9Clues in collection
620Combined xd usages
2026Most recent year

Combined usages add the xd usage counts of every clue below. Frequency figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Every clue for AHEAD in this collection

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  • In the lead - used 166 times across 41 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Leading - used 108 times across 48 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Winning - used 94 times across 38 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • In the future - used 66 times across 27 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • In front - used 62 times across 35 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Out in front - used 46 times across 31 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Leading the pack - used 29 times across 19 distinct years, most recently in 2026
  • Coming up - used 28 times across 13 distinct years, most recently in 2025
  • "Full steam ___!" - used 21 times across 12 distinct years, most recently in 2026

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  • ATONE - 5 letters, 1,737 combined xd usages, 16 clues in this collection
  • ALONE - 5 letters, 1,626 combined xd usages, 25 clues in this collection
  • ARENA - 5 letters, 1,622 combined xd usages, 31 clues in this collection
  • AROSE - 5 letters, 1,408 combined xd usages, 18 clues in this collection
  • ARISE - 5 letters, 1,359 combined xd usages, 17 clues in this collection
  • ASSET - 5 letters, 1,346 combined xd usages, 27 clues in this collection
  • AMASS - 5 letters, 1,343 combined xd usages, 13 clues in this collection

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